Fence



(No Model.)

v .J. O. RUPFOORN.

FENCE.

No. 364,187. Patented May 31, 1887.

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JAMES GUSTIS RUFFCORN, OF POLK, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,187, dated May 31, 1887.

Serial No. 230,5l4. (N0 model.)

To (ZZZ whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES CUsTIs RUFF- CORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Polk, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

'My invention relates to improvements in fence posts or supports, and is applicable to all styles and constructions of fences, its objects being to economize space and material in building the fence, to prevent the fence from sagging or being blown down, to build, remove, or repair the fence with rapidity and ease, and to provide a fence that will be both durable and of simple construction. I accomplish these objects by the construction and arrangement of the rail-supports or posts, and of the means of connection of the rails thereto, as hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure1 is a perspective view of a fence with myinvention forming part thereof. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one of the supports detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the binding -wire which con nects the supports and rails detached from the fence. Fig. 4 is a modified form of looping said wire. Fig. 5 is an end View of the completed fence.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A A designate the rails of the fence, the ends of those of one section being introduced a suitable distance between the ends of those of adjoining sections.

B are the fence supports or posts, each made of two similar sections on opposite sides of the fence, and each section composed of a vertical post, 0, having its lower end, a, pointed and provided with a circumferential shoulder, 0', adjacent to the pointed part, and a brace or truss-beam, D, standing outward at a suitable supporting angle from the post, with its lower end in the same horizontal plane as the shoulder 0, and thereby stayed by the ground when the pointed end of the post is driven therein, and the shoulder c rests upon the surface thereof.

Theposts 0 rest against the opposite sides of the fence at' the joints of the sections, and the The said wire is bent be positely-inclined brace-beams D, near the tops I of the same, and thence around the posts 0, on the inner side thereof, as at e e, and with one of the ends a passing completely around the two posts 0 G. The ends of the wire are then secured together by twisting, or otherwise, so as to make it bind firmly on all the rails, posts, and brace-beams. Both inside strands, e, of wire pass between rails of adjacent sections.

Fig. 4 shows a different arrangement of the wlre. around each post 0, and attached brace-beam D, separately, and is looped entirely around the lowest rail in the section, on each side of the support.

The wire may be arranged in any manner around the supports and rails that will support the latter upon the former and will draw the two sections of the supports together.

It is evident that the improvement may be applied to any fence, for in a picket-fence the wire may pass under the lowest longitudinal binding-rail of the same, and in a board fence, if the boards are very thin, they may have suitable blocks secured to their ends. The wires in binding on the parts draw the posts 0 0 together, so that they bear upon the rails and prevent longitudinal motion or slipping thereof, and also tend to prevent the rails from sagging.

The fence is prevented from blowing down by the brace-beams D.

The fence is straight, so as to require less timber than a worm-fence, and requires no nails in its construction, so that it is evidently cheap and simple of construction, and can be easily taken down, put up, or repaired.

In building the fence, one row of sections of the supports are first driven into the earth at proper distances apart, the rails carried to theproper points, and the sections of supports for the other side put in place and secured with. the wires, as described.

In this modification the wire passes Having described my inventi0n,I claim 1. The combination of the supports, each composed of two sections consisting of a vertical post, 0, provided with apointed lower end, 0, and a circumferential shoulder, c, and a brace-bar, D, standing outward from said post at a suitable angle, the rails, the ends of those in each fence-section being inserted between the ends of those in each adjacent section, and the wires passing under the lowest rail in each section and around the posts and brace-bars, so as to uphold the rails and bind them between the posts 0, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the supports, each consisting of two similar opposite sections, composed of the vertical post 0 and brace bar side of said posts, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES OUSTIS RUFFGORN.

Witnesses:

VVILLIAM H. AMBROSE, JOHN DE ARMON, 

